originality

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“Kim’s Convenience” may not win points for originality, but originality isn’t really the point of an immigrant family drama meant to be instantly, one might say universally, recognizable.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

In slopestyle, athletes navigate a course with a variety of obstacles, including rails and various jumps, and are judged on the breadth, originality, and quality of their stunts.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

“Food Network started losing its originality when it started to be more ‘Iron Chef America’ . . . cake-offs and ‘Iron Chef’ and ‘Chopped’ and all that.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2026

The first myth Mr. Newman challenges is the romantic notion that isolation breeds originality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

It was apparent right from the start that discovery, priority and originality were ambiguous and, at the limit, incoherent; and that these values conflicted with the obligation to check and check again before publication.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton